Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 26:11

"Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears." — Jeremiah 26:11 (ASV)

This man is worthy to die. —Literally, A judgment of death for this man. The phrase seems to have been in current forensic use (Deuteronomy 21:22).

Among the accusers we may think of Pashur, the son of Immer (Jeremiah 20:1). Personal rancour mingles with the class feeling which animates the whole body of the priesthood. They appeal to what, in later language, would be known as the secular arm, to be the instrument of their vindictiveness against the heretic and blasphemer.